ABOUT THE MATCHUP: The state runner-up a year ago, VHS has not played Nease this season. ... The Knights are 3-3 against common opponents, having gone 1-0 versus Middleburg, 2-1 against Forest and 1-2 versus Gainesville. The Panthers also are 3-3 against common opponents, having gone 1-0 versus Forest, 0-1 against Gainesville and 2-1 versus Middleburg. ... Both teams enter the contest having won three straight matches. ... Vanguard senior outside hitter Eboni Harris has committed to Alabama and should be signing a national letter of intent in November. She has been highly effective while playing hurt much of the year. ... Nease is the alma mater of former Florida Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow. ... VHS setter Grace Letterly noted that the Knights took on Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down” as the team theme song in 2016. That is a year before UF began playing it at football games.

UP NEXT: The winner will face the winner of the Fort Walton Beach Choctawhatchee-Crestview match in the regional final on Nov. 7.

ABOUT THE MATCHUP: The champion of District 4-2A, the Saints defeated the 4-2A runner-up Warriors in five sets at Seven Rivers in the regular season and then won in a sweep in the district final two weeks ago. ... Seven Rivers is 10-0 against common opponents, having gone 1-0 against Foundation Academy, Lakeside Christian, Tampa Bay Christian and Citrus Park Christian, and 2-0 against Hernando Christian Academy, Tampa Adventist Academy and Bayshore Christian. Defending state champ St. John is 9-0 against common opponents, having gone 1-0 against Foundation Academy, Hernando Christian Academy, Tampa Adventist Academy, Tampa Bay Christian and Bayshore Christian, and 2-0 against Citrus Park Christian and Lakeside Christian. ... Every dig Saints’ senior libero Lulu Grosvenor gets from here on will tack on to her school record. ... St. John outside hitter Gigi Chiaramonte is a Florida Southern beach volleyball commitment.

UP NEXT: The winner will face the winner of the Tallahassee Community Christian-Jacksonville Eagle’s View match in the FHSAA Class 2A state semifinals on Nov. 11.

PREDICTION: Saints in four sets.

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